Excellent sixth place for Di Giannantonio in Texas
#AmericasGP- 14th April 2024

The rider of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team crosses the finishing line in the slip stream of the leading group. Top10 also for Marco Bezzecchi, eighth

Austin (USA), April 14th 2024 – Double Top10 in a row with both riders for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team at the Americas GP which took place today at COTA. Fabio Di Giannantonio finishes with a solid placing in P6 after a good comeback. Marco Bezzecchi is eighth instead.

Starting from the P8 on the Ducati Desmosedici GP, Fabio achieved his best result of the season so far. Tenth at the end of the first lap, he closes the gap and regains contact with the group of the strongest guys at the end of the race (P9 in the Championship with 25 points).

Best result of the 2024 also for Marco, who started from the fourth box on the grid. Forced into P13 after the first laps, he imposes a good pace and climbs up the rankings to enter the Top Ten (P11 in the Championship with 20 points).

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Marco Bezzecchi - 72

Not a bad race, but I'm not where I want to be. There are positive signs, the pace isn't bad, the whole Team is doing a great job. Unfortunately starting from P10, on a track with a first corner of this type, doesn't help and I lost a lot of ground in this aspect of the race here to avoid contacts with other riders. I don't have a pace comparable to the top guys but we are closer. The real problem today is no longer entering the corner, but let turning the bike. I still have to find the right balance.

Fabio Di Giannantonio - 49

I'm happy because I didn't finish the race yesterday and I had no data to start from. I didn't get a bad start, I lost a few positions in the first corner, but the pace was very good and I managed to recover. I return home with a nice P6, the best result so far with the new Team. I have positive feelings for the race in Jerez, I'm still struggling a bit with the front, but my technicians are working as best they can on this aspect.

Pablo Nieto - Team Manager

It was a very complicated race, also considering the Sprint yesterday, but overall we must be satisfied with the progress made over the weekend and the work done. Fabio was the protagonist of a good race, considering that we didn't have the data from Saturday. Marco made a good recovery after a less than perfect start. Having brought both riders into the Top10 is positive, we are the best Ducati Desmosedici GP23 at the finishing line and we need to continue in this direction for Jerez.